Razor - Armed and Dangerous 1984 - Razor Edge Records limited to 500 copies

Yeah you can get this on other blogs, but I don't care. I guess this is a bootleg of a bootleg or something. Anyway, red vinyl is cool, and the music is great and you can get one for yourself at www.nowayrecords.com . Now go take some money out of your paypal account and order one of these before they go away.

The Patriots - Land of The Free 12"

This record just showed up in the mail today and I can't wait to get into it. This Lp contains the original 1982 demo recordings plus the classic 1983 7" "Land of The Free" and a track off a Mystic Records compilation Lp from 1983. Anyway, The Patriots rule and this is an official release not some shitty bootleg so I am not going to give it away for free, but I do however suggest you head over to www.punkrecords.com and grab one of these bad boys from Jason before they are gone..Dave G.

Ex Inferis - 2006 demo - released in 2009

This demo showed up a week or so ago in my inbox and I finally got around to giving it a listen today. So basically what we have here is my first unsolicited demo review. Ex Inferis hail from Brazil and play a style of metal that mixes a nice dose of fast straight ahead metal with some nice thick riffing and also has one foot simultaneously in hardcore. I like that they mix up the vocals a bit between a screaming sort of power violence type vocal with a deeper death metal vocal at times. I have to say I do not expect much from demo submissions, but I think this one is definitely worth your time and attention if this is your type of music, so give them a listen for yourself and feel free to comment to let the band know how you feel.

P.S. If anyone out there wants their demo reviewed feel free to send it my way, however if I like your music enough to review it then expect me to ask you to send me a free physical copy of your recording because I am a record collecting nerd after all. So Ex Inferis where is my demo lol...Dave G.



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Slayer - Holland 02/06/1985

"In the worship of metal...are you into heavy metal... are you into black metal... are you into speeeeeed metal...we are all here, we must keep haunting the chapel !!! "

Violence - The Vomit Bag 10" 1988

Ah the vomit bag...I remember when I bought this the vomit was all watery and it would slosh around inside the sleeve like well...VOMIT hahaha. It's funny to me that there is a warning on this thing stating " Do Not Eat". I know I am a metalhead but did they really think I was stupid enough to cut this thing open and eat it's contents ? Anyway, I posted this one just for the fun of it, and I fully expected to hate the music at 42 years old, but I'll be damned if I didn't do a little head banging to this one today....Dave G.

Songs: Eternal Nightmare and Phoba Phobia from the Eternal Nightmare Lp.

Gilligans Revenge - Boom Box demo tape 1981

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Here's a little something I got my hands on recently that I had been looking for for what felt life forever.

Gilligan's Revenge is pre Token Entry and is much more punk than hardcore which is a good thing in this case. The recording could be better and the sound seems to switch from the left speaker to the right speaker at times but the recording is definitely listenable and enjoyable, and these songs are the only living record of the band that is still in existence. Here is a bit of history about Gilligan's Revenge and Token Entry that was provided by Johnny Stig himself.

"Here is a little history on GR and the demo. I'm going off the top of my head... Let’s see. First let me say I played bass on the demo and also played bass for Token Entry on The Ready or not 7" "Beneath" and Jaybird albums.
Yes, the demo was recorded on a boom box in my garage. Dave Gunner from Kraut let us use his box. The reason it switches between the speakers is because the singer sang directly into the built in mic and he kept accidentally clicking a button. The drums consisted of a kick, snair, hihat and a crash. I had a borrowed bass amp (I borrowed so many) that was definitely transported to the garage on a skateboard. A tiny little Marshall and of course a boombox. It was recorded in 1981. I,Johnny played (bass) 15, Ernie(drums) 14, John (vox) 14 and Andy (guitar)14. Ernie and I started GR and recruited John and Andy. We went thru a few singers after John. Eddie Sutton from Leeway, John Woods then Anthony (TE, Raw Deal, Killing Time, Token Entry). A few guitarists too. After Andy (Devil Dogs) we got Mick(Token Entry) then Dito (Major Conflict) for like 2 weeks. Then Eddie Rossi a 16 year old guitar prodigy. Then Mick again. Then into TE. I'm sorry to say that is the only demo that can be found. We had others and also recorded an album which was never released with the "prodigy" but those tapes are gone. We probably had about 40 songs over the years. Some even followed us into Token Entry. Psycho, Latent Images and Antidote. I think Look Around and some others too. Ernie made the GB logo and the GR logo. GB started in 1987 GR was in 1981 so maybe he just forgot. We were well into Token Entry already. Plus let me also say GR was the first skate punk band in NYC and we were the youngest ever NYHC band along with the Young and the Useless who were about the same age. There you go"

Wards - Armed To The Teeth demo tape 1985

This tape showed up in my inbox today and I could not be more happy. Honestly it made my day. Since I have pretty much zero time for this blog at the moment I passed the files over to Erich at Good Bad Music For bad, Bad Times blog. So if you want this go on over and grab it from Good Bad Music..Dave G.

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P.S Thanks J.T. for sending these files my way !

Atrophy - Chemical Dependency Demo Tape 1987

I used to really like this demo back in the day. I also had an Lp by Atrophy that I sold years ago. I can't remember the name of the album and I am too fucking lazy to look it up at the moment, but it was their first Lp. I think it had a joker and missiles on the cover or some shit. Anyway, this demo is okay. Beginning of track 2 sounds like SOD and the rest is solid thrash/power metal...Dave G...tired and out.

Agnostic Front - 1984 demos and rehearsal bootleg Lp

Pretty cool bootleg release containing 46 demo and rehearsal tracks by the NYHC legends Agnostic Front. The sound quality overall is good, except for the occasionally out of tune guitars lol. The rehearsal tracks are a fun listen with the between song banter etc. These recordings are also available on the AF demos cd that Grand Theft Audio released back in 1995,however the Grand Theft Audio cd itself has over 60 songs on it, and I do not think the cd is in print at this point...Dave G.



Track 1-17: Pre United Blood Recordings.
Track 18-34: 1984 Rehearsal Don Fury's Studio
Track 35 - 44: United Blood 7 inch 2 track mixdown
Track 45-46: Message From The Underground Compilation Tracks.

Screamers - demo 1977 - 1978

A friend reached out to me today and asked if I had any Screamers recordings I could send her. I figured since I ripped this demo to send to her that I might as well put it up on the blog as well.

The Screamers were one of the original LA punk bands, however the Screamers were very different from the other bands of the era as their music was keyboard not guitar based. This is pretty over the top yet brilliant music for the most part. Unfortunately, the band never released any official records back in the day and we only have demos and live recordings floating around today...Dave G.

The Queer Pills - 7" Homophobic Records 1981

As you know I have been busy lately, but I found some free time today and figured I would post the Queer Pills 7" which clocks in at 2:41 of awesomeness. As most of you already know the Queer Pills were the Angry Samoans in disguise to fool Rodney who had banned the Samoans from his radio show. Anyway, hope you enjoy and I will try to get some more music up on the blog this week..Dave G.

7 Seconds - Committed For Life 7'" - Squirtdown Records 1983

So last night I went out and saw Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand etc perform a somewhat acoustic ( drums, bass, electric and acoustic guitar) live set at a local club. He played a mix of GB, Quicksand, and Rival Schools songs plus he threw in some sort of poppy covers of Agnostic Front etc. And while Walter is certainly a talented guy, the whole show just struck me as kind of sad. I mean turning songs like Society Suckers by Agnostic Front or Start Today by GB into poppy little ditties just feels wrong ,and on a personal level I just don't like the idea of watering down songs that meant so much to me as a youth just to turn a quick buck. It felt like he was taking the music that spoke to me as an alienated outsider kid, and turning it into retro cool music for hipsters. So you ask what does this have to do with 7 Seconds ? Well, 7 Seconds are playing a show next week in NYC and after last night I am afraid to go. I love 7 Seconds music and it has meant so much to me that I just can't take the chance of going to see them and it turning into a good time nostalgia party, or god forbid Kevin starts playing an acoustic versions of Regress No Way or some shit. Now I do not mean to come across as accusing 7 Seconds of doing these things when I honestly have no idea what their current set will consist of, but after last night I just can’t risk it. Anyway, bitter Dave...out.

Ded Engine - Til Deaf Do Us Part 1985 Demo Tape

First off let me just admit that I do not own this demo tape. I actually found these files on the Lockjaw blog recently where they post tons of old metal demos etc. Anyway, since I already posted the Ded Engine 7" and Lp on this blog, and I am a completest by nature I figured I would throw this demo up as well. Again what you get is Judas Priest inspired heavy metal that is good if not overly original. Honestly, I think the 7" I posted a few months back is my favorite Ded Engine release...Dave G.

Hostile Rage - Time To Rock - Live Uncle Floyd Show

Here is another 80's Thrash band from my hometown area of Rockland County NY / Bergen County NJ. Like I have stated before there was a good little thrash scene in Rockland when I grew up, but none of the bands really got the attention they deserved for some reason. However,Rockland did produce it's share of metalheads who went on to bigger known bands like Overkill ( Bobby Blitz) and Anthrax (Dan Spitz) just to name a few. Anyway, I must say this live clip is great. If you like this you must download the bands demos from the link below.







P.S. Thanks Kevin C. for getting in touch and bringing this old video clip to my attention.

Aftermath - Killing The Future demo tape 1987

I bought this tape back in 1987 and I can honestly say that there are no fond memories attached to this one for me. I must have read a good review of the tape and ordered it from the band and then never really listened to it in all these years. To me this sounds like pretty typical thrash metal for the time period. My 42 year old ears don't really hear anything that would have made this tape stand out from the crowd, but it's certainly not bad and maybe if I had actually gotten around to listening to this demo when I bought it my 20 year old ears would have loved it...Dave G.

Caligula - Technical Aggression Demo Tape 1987

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Another fairly obscure metal demo from back in the day. Caligula hailed from Howard Beach NY and played a fairly technical style of thrash metal that sometimes brings bands like DBC to mind though there isn't a clear similarity. I remember this tape being a pretty big deal, in the NY underground at least. This is the 3rd metal demo post this week and I plan to keep them coming so if you like this sort of thing then keep checking back. Since no one comments I have no idea if you people like this old obscure metal stuff, but I also don't really care. If you don't like it then go away...Dave G.

Overkill - Power In Black demo tape 1983

This Overkill demo is a classic especially if you grew up in the NY/NJ area as I did. For some reason my demo has what I think is a demo version of the song "Feel The Fire" tacked on, but I can't remember if I recorded that song to the tape back in the day or if I got it that way. Anyway, I will include the Feel The Fire track with this rip and you can hear it for yourself. It's most likely the demo version that appeared on the "New York Metal 84" compilation LP that I no longer have in my collection...Dave G.

Chain - demo tape #2 1985

I'm thinking this must be a pretty obscure old metal tape. I mail ordered this tape directly from the band back in the metal heyday of 1985, and while this band sounds nothing like the speed or thrash metal bands that I loved at the time I found myself totally under the spell of this tape. Chain hailed from Mt Clemens Michigan and played a brand of metal that sounds like a cross between ZZ Top and Kiss, but with a more 80's metal edge. I swear I can't think if any other way to describe these dudes. Anyway, maybe this tape is a lost classic or maybe I am on my own with this one, but either way download this tape, give it a listen and let me know what you think...Dave G.

P.S. The letter that accompanied this tape says the band released a demo in 1984 and a 3rd demo in either 85 or 86. This might be a long shot, but if anyone has either demo get in touch because I'd like to hear them.

Hades - Live Videos

Dan Lorenzo (Hades guitarist) just dropped me an email bringing these videos to my attention. Dan said to spread them around so here you go. Thanks for the heads up Dan !

P.S. Dan also tipped me off to his band The Cursed which also features Bobby Blitz of Overkill on vocals. Here is a link to the bands webpage if you'd like to drop by and give them a listen http://www.the-cursed.net

Agent Orange - Blood Stains 7" 1980

I ripped this one months ago and have been sitting on it because I know you can get it from countless other blogs, but you know what it's a true punk rock classic and I think it has a place on my blog. So if you have somehow never heard this one before then grab it. If you have heard it before or own a copy then tell me a story about how much you love it or hate it...Dave G.

Manowar live on TV Nickelodeon 83-84 Gloves of Metal plus interview

Oh man this is a classic video right here. I remember taping this off of Nickelodeon many years ago. Manowar plays a full on version of Gloves of Metal to a room full of 10 year old kids and their parents. This video rules because it is completely ridiculous and very Spinal Tap-esque lol ...Leather, Spikes and Chains..... Thanks brother D for ripping this old video and posting it...Dave G.

Overkill - Live plus interview

Rip #3 in the Brother D collection hahaha. Overkill live plus an interview in a cemetery...CLASSIC. I think this might have been made as a promotional video back in the day. Anyway,this is great and you should watch it.

King Diamond - Mercyful Fate interview -

Here is rip #2 from brother D. This is an old King Diamond interview that I didn't even know I had on VHS. God knows what else brother D will uncover on these tapes...Dave G.

Rock N Roll Heaven - Clark NJ

My brother Darin bought a dvd burner recently and has started transferring our old VHS tapes over to dvd. He is also going to be posting some stuff up on youtube and this right here is the first rip that he has completed. What we have is a news segment on Channel 4 news in NY back in the 80's I guess. The segment is about Heavy Metal and the record store Rock n Roll Heaven which was owned by Johnny Z who also owned Megaforce records. Anyway, it is cool for me to see this clip after many many years, and it really brings back some memories. I used to drive over an hour 1 way to go to RnR Heaven whenI was a teenager and I bought 100's of killer metal records there back in the day. God, I wish I could go back in time for just one more shopping spree in that awesome store. Hey Jeff I know you remember this place...Dave G.

The Last Crime - st cd ep 1997

Since I posted Garden Variety yesterday I figured I would follow up that post with another mid 90's band from Long Island NY. Last Crime features Kevin Egan of Beyond and 1.6 Band fame on guitar and vocals. The closest musical comparison I can draw would be Drive Like Jehu but with a touch of a hardcore edge maybe. I saw Last Crime 1 time on the Island playing with Garden Variety and of course my brothers band Dahlia Seed who seemed to always play with Garden Variety as I mentioned before.